: Why aren’t trains the norm for inter-city/inter-state commute in the USA?

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In movies I often see cars used for long distance travel and not trains. I can’t imagine having to always drive for a long time everytime I need to commute long distances. Sorry for the shallow question, I’ve never been to the USA.

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Well the United States is very large and the cost of a nationwide train system is unaffordable for our government. ( but we have to have a defence budget…). I don’t know where your from but just the state I live in is roughly the size of germany. And that’s just one state.

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